Dialogue with
Answers in Action

On February 23, 2007, Answers in Action (AIA), a “religious organization training Christians to adopt and promote a Christian world view in every area of their lives” (AIA Web site), issued a statement regarding “the core theology represented in the teachings of Watchman Nee & Witness Lee, published by Living Stream Ministry, and embraced by Christians in churches commonly known as the local churches” (Gretchen Passantino, co-founder & director of AIA).

Below we provide a link to the full text of that statement.

“Apologetics Conclusions Reconsidered...
A Case in Point: The Local Churches & Living Stream Ministry”

“After 3 years of careful research, dialog, examination, & theological analysis, [we] have concluded that the churches affiliated with the teachings of Watchman Nee & Witness Lee & with the Living Stream Ministry (LSM) embrace & teach orthodox Christian theology, are a Christian movement of brothers & sisters in Christ, & should not be labeled theologically heretical nor as a ‘cult,’ even if the use of the term ‘cult’ is restricted to a purely theological use...”[Read the full statement here]